Below are my DNA results.This was a test only of my “Y
line”, i.e. my straight male lineage, which should make these the values
for all Tinlin descended from Robert Tinlin of Kirkwhelpington.If all Tinlins, Tinlines and Tinlings
are really descended from the same individual, then all males with that name
should carry these or very close values.I’m hoping more men with these last names will be willing to have
their DNA tested so that we can start comparing and testing our lineages.A good example of a large-scale study
can be found at this DNA site for the many Hill families: http://www.hilldna.com/results.html.On that page you can see how different
DNA test results can be grouped together to show which individuals are
descended from a common ancestor.

Despite the rarity of the Tinlin surname, my values turned
out to be pretty “generic European”.My haplogroup is R1B1, the most common
in Europe.Wikipedia has an entry on R1B here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_R1b_(Y-DNA)
(there are many others on the web).I have not yet paid the extra fee to find out which sub-branch of R1B1 I
belong to, but will probably do that eventually.The R1B1 group took an interesting path
from Africa through India
and up into the Caucasus, and then turned west into Europe.During the Ice Age, they retreated
southwards into Spain, then,
once the glaciers melted, headed north to the British
Isles.My marker
values were closest to others with straight-male ancestors from England, Scotland
and Ireland,
in that order, and there seemed to be less affinity with those of Scandinavian
or other European origin.

Of others who took the 37-marker test, only 3 individuals
were close to my values (all were 4 steps away from mine).Most interestingly, one of these was a
Tinning with ancestors from Cumberland.Many of the Tinling families in Cumberland became
Tinnings and I think the possibility for this Tinning and I to be so close
could not be just coincidence, when several thousand others were not.This means that the two names are
probably the same and we share a common male-line ancestor.The other two individuals were named
Walker and Hudson.People can have
the same values but different surnames for several reasons.One is that their male-line common ancestor
may have lived before the families took their respective surnames.The other is that there may have been an
illegitimacy somewhere in one or the other person’s line.

I have just requested the company where I had my DNA tested
to set up a Tinlin-Tinline-Tinling surname project.The company can be reached here:

If you would like to take part, it is best that you order
the 37-marker test.You will be
sent a kit in the mail and all you have to do is rub a swab inside your cheek
and send it back to them.The cost
is roughly $200 per person.Only
male individuals can take part in this particular study (as it is testing for
the Y chromosome).

MY Y-LINE VALUES
(37-marker test)

1

393

13

2

390

24

3

19*

14

4

391

11

5

385a

11

6

385b

15

7

426

12

8

388

12

9

439

12

10

389-1

13

11

392

13

12

389-2

29

13

458

17

14

459a

9

15

459b

10

16

455

11

17

454

11

18

447

25

19

437

15

20

448

19

21

449

29

22

464a**

14

23

464b**

15

24

464c**

16

25

464d**

17

26

460

11

27

GATA H4

11

28

YCA II a

19

29

YCA II b

23

30

456

16

31

607

15

32

576

18

33

570

18

34

CDY a

36

35

CDY b

38

36

442

13

37

438

12

*Also known as DYS 394

**On 5/19/2003, these values were
adjusted down by 1 point because of a change in Lab nomenclature.